ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,567, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"External image display device for vehicles" was invented by Nak Kyoung Kong (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jong Min Park (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Hong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Incheon, South Korea) and Won Bin Kim (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an external image display device for vehicles, including a mounting unit having one surface exposed outside a vehicle, a housing configured to be selectively rotated by driving of a driving unit coupled to the mounting unit to ex...